. >> sunder carl levin mse mentioned john mccain are managing this bill. they hope to finish it up in three days. that didn't happen. how much more work is there to do one of? >> it really remains to be seen. a lot needs to be sorted out behind the scenes. i do believe they would like to finish up by monday and that's pretty much where we arrived by now. >> the house approved its authorization bill this year. out of the senate's bill differ from the hospital? >> abeche speaking to people in the house sides and senior congressional aide and they do not see any major difficulties in getting this done. last year they were able to get a conference done and i was assured that they believe they can do the same this time. so to sum up like it's terribly contentious. both committees in house and senate were trained to keep this as a noncontroversial things. coming to the end the session they needed that. >> to think i'll do it before the end of the year? >> absolutely. >> frank oliveri rates for congressional quarterly. we thank you for your time. >> my pleasure.